Replies to post #43030 on Discover GOP Opprobrium

[teapeebubbles]

On Friday, the Politico reported that the past anti-regulatory and lobbying efforts of one of Sen. John McCain’s top economic advisers, former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, “contributed significantly to today’s economic turmoil.” Today, the New York Daily News reports “that two of his top advisers were recently lobbyists for a notorious lender in the mortgage meltdown“:

John Green, the senator’s chief liaison to Congress, and Wayne Berman, his national finance co-chairman, billed more than $720,000 in lobbying fees from 2005 through last year to Ameriquest Mortgage through their lobbying firm, disclosure forms reviewed by the Daily News show.

Ameriquest, which since has been bought out, was forced to settle suits with 49 states for $325 million. More than 13,680 New York homeowners got taken for a ride by the company, records show.

“They would be defined as the most blatant and aggressive predatory lenders out of everybody,” said Bruce Marks, head of the nonprofit Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America.

[Trinityz1]

I just watched Bill Maher's last show and something struck me as incorrect,
they said she was behind Obama by 700,000 popular votes.

I thought I've heard it numerous times on the news that Hillary
led in the popular vote.
I witnessed firsthand how Obama did well in a caucus state which made me feel like I would prefer an outright vote as opposed to a caucus.

I stood and asked during the caucus, Can anyone here tell me just ONE thing Obama has accomplished as a Senator? All they could offer was he raised the money to be a presidential candidate and he won Iowa. I felt like I was in the twilight zone.

Hillary rules in rural America when it's viewed on a map, but many urban areas are ruled by Obama. Consider Texas as an example. It was incredible how much of Texas was covered in light blue as won by Hillary and Obama's dark blue only showed up in the urban areas, BUT, there were a LOT of caucus delegates awarded from that.

I'm starting to wonder if we'll ever really see a candidate worthy of the Presidency or one that honors the office with serious competence in our future.